{{short description|Barrio of Puerto Rico}} {{use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Segundo | native_name = | native_name_lang = es<!-- ISO 639-2 code e.g. "es" for Spanish. --> | settlement_type = Barrio | image_skyline = Una calle en el Barrio Segundo, Zona Historica de Ponce, Ponce, PR (DSC05640).jpg | image_caption = A street in Barrio Segundo at dusk, in the Ponce Historic Zone | image_map = Segundo, Ponce, Puerto Rico.svg | map_caption = Location of barrio Segundo within the municipality of Ponce shown in red | pushpin_map = Caribbean | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Puerto Rico | coordinates = {{coord|18.014444|-66.620809|region:US-PR|format=dms|display=inline, title}} | coordinates_footnotes = <ref name="gaze">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer 2019|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_cousubs_72.txt |website=US Census |publisher=US Government}}</ref> | subdivision_type = Commonwealth | subdivision_name = {{flag|Puerto Rico}} | subdivision_type1 = Municipality | subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Bandera de Ponce, Puerto Rico.svg}} Ponce | unit_pref = Imperial | area_footnotes = <ref name="gaze" /> | area_total_sq_mi = 0.53 | area_land_sq_mi = 0.53 | area_water_sq_mi = 0 | population_as_of = 2010 | population_footnotes = | population_note = Source: 2010 Census | population_total = 7213 | population_density_sq_mi = 13609.4 | timezone = AST | utc_offset = &minus;4 | elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{GNIS|2416029|Segundo barrio}}</ref> | elevation_ft = 85 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = }} '''Segundo''' (''Barrio Segundo'') is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Primero, Tercero, Cuarto, Quinto, and Sexto, Segundo is one of the municipality's six core urban barrios. It was organized in 1878.<ref>[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poncepr/barrios.html ''Barrios de Ponce.''] Antepasados Esclavos.(From: Pedro Tomás de Córdoba. Memorias geográficas, históricas, económicas y estadísticas de la Isla de Puerto Rico.) Retrieved 28 November 2014.</ref> Barrio Segundo has 3 subbarrios: Baldority de Castro (or just "Baldorioty"), Clausells,{{efn|According to Eduardo Questell Rodriguez, Pedro Clausells (ca. 1840 - ca. 1910) was a land surveyor from Ponce (See Eduardo Questell Rodriguez, Historia de la Comunidad Bélgica de Ponce, a partir de la Hacienda Muñiz y Otros datos. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Editores Mariana. 2018. pages 59-60.) He may have been a member of the family that owned Finca Clausells located in the subbarrio by that name (see Office of Head Start - Grantee Profile. Current Legally Approved Service Area: Municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170215080556/https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/ohs/current_grantee_profile_municipality_of_ponce_pr_hs_ehs.pdf HERE]).}} and Reparada.<ref>[https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf ''Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf''] 2010. U.S. Dept. of Commerce. Economics and Statistics Administration. U.S. Census Bureau. Page 74. Accessed 12 February 2019.</ref>

==Location== Segundo is an urban barrio located in the southern section of the municipality, within the Ponce city limits, and northwest of the traditional center of the city, Plaza Las Delicias.

==Boundaries== Barrio Segundo is bounded on the North by Cinco Street, Pico Dulce Street, and Paseo de la Cruceta, on the South by Villa Street, on the West by Global Street, and on the East by Atocha, Plaza Munoz Rivera, and Plaza Degetau Streets.<ref>[http://www.gis.otg.gobierno.pr/webcensus/ General Purpose Population Data, Census 2000. Unidad de Sistemas de Información Geográfica, Área de Tecnología de Información Gubernamental, Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto. Gobierno de Puerto Rico.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812171159/http://www.gis.otg.gobierno.pr/webcensus/ |date=12 August 2010 }} Retrieved February 17, 2010.</ref>

In terms of barrio-to-barrio boundaries, Segundo is bounded in the North by Portugués Urbano, in the South by Primero and Canas Urbano, in the West by Canas Urbano, and in the East by Sexto, Quinto, and Tercero.

The communities of Clausells, Ferran, and Tamarindo are located in Segundo.

[[Image:Calle 25 de Enero.jpg|thumb|left|200px|25 de Enero Street, built for the families of Ponce firefighters in the nineteenth century, is located in Barrio Segundo]]

==Features and demographics== Segundo has {{convert|0.6|sqmi|km2|sigfig=2}} of land area and no water area. In 2000, the population of Segundo was 11,321. In 2010, the population of Segundo was 7,213 persons, and it had a density of 13,609.4 persons per square mile.<ref name= "2010 Census">{{cite book|title=Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf | url = https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|year=2010|publisher=U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref> {{US Census population| align= right | 1900= 5866 | 1910= 10657 | 1920= 13886 | 1930= 18544 | 1940= 26022 | 1950= 25941 | 1960= 23481 | 1970= 19541 | 1980= 13555 | 1990= 11072 | 2000= 11321 | 2010= 7213 | 2020= | align-fn=center | footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<br />1899 (shown as 1900)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/n245/mode/2up|title=Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899|publisher=War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716033905/https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/n245/mode/2up|archive-date=July 16, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> 1910-1930<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00476569ch4.pdf|title=Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817181600/https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00476569ch4.pdf|archive-date=August 17, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><br />1930-1950<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch12.pdf|title=Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150830033735/http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch12.pdf|archive-date=August 30, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> 1960<ref>{{cite book | title=Census of Population, 1960: Number of Inhabitants, General Population Characteristics, General Social and Economic Characteristics, and Detailed Characteristics. Characteristics of the population | publisher=U.S. Bureau of the Census| issue=v. 1 | year=1963 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nd8WAAAAYAAJ | access-date=June 10, 2023 | pages=97–101}}</ref> 1980-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-53-eng.pdf|title=Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724061852/https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-53-eng.pdf|archive-date=July 24, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> 2010<ref name= "US2010Census">{{cite book|title=Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf|url=https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|year=2010|publisher=U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2019-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220183043/https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|archive-date=2017-02-20|url-status=live}}</ref>}}

==Notable landmarks== Segundo is home to a large number of Ponce's landmarks and historic sites. Plaza Las Delicias, 25 de Enero Street, and Paseo Atocha, are located there.

The NRHP-listed Parque de Bombas, Nuestra Señora de la Guadalupe Cathedral, Armstrong-Poventud Residence, Casa Wiechers-Villaronga (Architecture Museum), Panteón Nacional Román Baldorioty de Castro, Albergue Caritativo Tricoche, Casa Miguel C. Godreau, and Subira House are all located in Barrio Segundo.

==Gallery== <gallery class="center" > File:Restaurante El Melao y Restaurante Lola, Ponce Plaza Hotel, Plaza Munoz Rivera, Bo. Segundo, Ponce, PR, mirando al suroeste (DSC02006).jpg|International food restaurants at the Ponce Plaza Hotel & Casino File:Letrero afuera del Restaurante Lola, en el Ponce Plaza Hotel, Plaza Munoz Rivera, Bo. Segundo, Ponce, PR, mirando al oeste (DSC02007).jpg|Restaurant signs at the Ponce Plaza Hotel & Casino File:Antigua Casa Sauri en Barrio Segundo, Ponce, Puerto Rico (DSC05003).jpg|Ponce Plaza Hotel & Casino on Calle Union and Plaza Las Delicias File:Restaurante Chef's Creations, C. Reina, entre C. Union y C. Mendez Vigo, Bo. Segundo, Ponce, PR, mirando al norte (DSC01539).jpg|Puerto Rican 'Criollo' food restaurant on Calle Reina near Calle Union File:Antiguo camion para combatir incendios en Museo Parque de Bombas, Ponce, Puerto Rico (DSC01922).jpg|Fire truck at Museo Parque de Bombas at Plaza Las Delicias File:Balcones de Residencias en Calle Reina 118, Bo. Segundo, Ponce, PR (DSC01199).jpg|Homes near downtown Ponce on Calle Reina File:Calle 25 de Enero.jpg|Historic firemen homes on Calle 25 de Enero File:Fountain at Plaza Munoz Rivera looking East in Barrio Segundo, Ponce, Puerto Rico (DSC01739).jpg|Fountain at Plaza Las Delicias File:Obelisk to the El Polvorin firefighters in Plaza Las Delicias in Ponce, PR (DSC00714A).jpg|Monument to the 1899 fire heroes at Plaza Las Delicias File:Panteón Nacional Román Baldorioty de Castro.jpg|Cemetery museum 6 blocks northwest of downtown Ponce File:Porta Caribe Headquarters, Ponce, Puerto Rico (DSC03971).jpg|Porta Caribe tourist welcome center on Calle Villa File:Parque de Bombas, Ponce.JPG|1882 Museo Parque de Bombas at Plaza Las Delicias File:Fuente de los Leones - Ponce Puerto Rico.jpg|Lions Fountain at Plaza Las Delicias </gallery>

==See also== {{Portal|Puerto Rico}} * List of communities in Puerto Rico

==Notes== {{notelist}}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Segundo (Ponce)}}

{{Ponce, Puerto Rico}}

Category:Barrio Segundo Category:1878 establishments in Puerto Rico